A new criminal mastermind, the Planner, holds court in a junk yard, concealed in the cab of a crane, picking up his "clients" in their cars with an electromagnet on the crane's arm and giving them detailed instructions for crimes they can pull--for a fee. His latest customers, a trio of rock musicians-cum-thieves, are tracked down and captured by Batman and Robin. For revenge, the Planner, aka E. G. Never, crashes a party held in Batman's and Robin's honor and claims to be the brains behind the two heroes. Never challenges them to a duel: when a big crime comes up, let Batman and Robin see if they can solve it without him, and if they cannot, turn the case over to Never. Since the next case turns out to be a "foolproof" crime planned by Never, Batman and Robin fail and Never naturally succ